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Bank dividends will be cut - even suspended.The chronic shortfall in capital around banking, in Australia and New Zealand, the RBNZ have finally called this out.How much capital is enough? Find out at.. read more

The bigger credit unions are flying along. P&N Bank's union with BCU - Perth meets Coffs - is a smart merger. But P&N have a lot of ground to cover to keep pace with the likes of Bank Australi.. read more

Credit Union Australia may seem a more natural fit for BCU - more cost out and more member profit for a start - but instead Steve Targett has led the BCU board to a more strategic union, one that impr.. read more

Past due items bulged 12 per cent over the last year. Commercial property, for now, is not exhibiting distress. But it will. read more

Non-ADI lending for property development is increasing quickly. read more

Australia's finance sector must brace for drastic and unprecedented action to stabilise its banking system in the face "of a significant possible correction in the housing market," the OECD warned yes.. read more

More capital is better in the banking system and much, much more capital is even better, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand declared on Friday. read more

A more frequent use of sanctions by APRA is on the cards, the regulator's chair, Wayne Byres, told the banking royal commission yesterday. read more

After the Supreme Court of Victoria lifted a raft of non-publication orders, two RBA companies are finally exposed as guilty - convicted way back in 2011 - for their role in a conspiracy to bribe fore.. read more

NAB's inability to fully remedy illegal conduct in the foreign exchange market was laid bare in Friday's hearing of the royal commission into misconduct in banking. read more